Serving in the Union Army during the Civil War, Westley O. Whaley enlisted 22
September 1862 in Company E, 2nd East Tennessee Cavalry. He was promoted to
corporal while on his duty. He was in hospital for the treatment of diarrhea
at Murfreesborough, Tennessee and died later of same cause 26 March 1863.
Buriel place is unknown.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 23.
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 42.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 10, 11, 46, 129.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 170, 171.http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/sevier/census/1850/pg0396a.txt.